Day in Pictures, Jan. 7, 2013

By Mike Moffitt

on January 7, 2013 11:16 AM

Photo: Andoni Lubaki/Associated Press

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Are you addicted to huffing baby lions? Sure, it looks like fun now, but doing nose hits off lion cubs can be hazardous to your health. Especially when the lion gets a little bigger. (Three-week-old cub at the Zorako-Zoo in Gyongyos, Hungary.) less

Are you addicted to huffing baby lions? Sure, it looks like fun now, but doing nose hits off lion cubs can be hazardous to your health. Especially when the lion gets a little bigger. (Three-week-old cub at the ... more

Photo: Attila Kisbenedek, AFP/Getty Images

Are you addicted to huffing baby lions? Sure, it looks like fun... Photo-3995762.54786 - SFGate

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Tormented by Orcs, Saruman and Georgia-Pacific, Treebeard flees to northern Spain: A Trapajon, representing an entity of nature, takes part in the Vijanera Festival in Silio, Spain. Vijanera, a pre-Roman celebration symbolizing the triumph of good over evil, is the first carnival of the year in Europe. less

Tormented by Orcs, Saruman and Georgia-Pacific, Treebeard flees to northern Spain: A Trapajon, representing an entity of nature, takes part in the Vijanera Festival in Silio, Spain. Vijanera, a pre-Roman ... more

Rainbow squirts: Water spouts illuminated by colored lights shower people at the Revolution Monument in Mexico City. The once-neglected plaza with an Arc de Triumph-style monument to Mexico's 1910 revolution had become a homeless encampment before being transformed with the multi-hued fountain. less

Rainbow squirts: Water spouts illuminated by colored lights shower people at the Revolution Monument in Mexico City. The once-neglected plaza with an Arc de Triumph-style monument to Mexico's 1910 revolution ... more

Happy holly days! The Green Man, a character from pagan myths and folklore, marches with other actors from the Bankside Mummers group during a Twelfth Night celebration in London. Twelfth Night marks the end of the 12 days of winter festivities. less

Happy holly days! The Green Man, a character from pagan myths and folklore, marches with other actors from the Bankside Mummers group during a Twelfth Night celebration in London. Twelfth Night marks the end ... more

Merry Orthodox Christmas! A Greek Orthodox swimmer kisses a wooden cross he retrieved from the Bosphorus River's Golden Horn during Epiphany Day festivities at the Church of Fener Orthodox Patriarchiate in Istanbul. The Orthodox faith uses the old Julian calendar, which marks Christmas 13 days after its more widespread Gregorian calendar counterpart of Dec. 25. less

Merry Orthodox Christmas! A Greek Orthodox swimmer kisses a wooden cross he retrieved from the Bosphorus River's Golden Horn during Epiphany Day festivities at the Church of Fener Orthodox Patriarchiate in ... more